On the fateful night of February 27, when a major fire broke out in the famed Mao Market Kohima, it not only robbed the primary source of livelihood for several women vendors but also took away from them a place of profound sentimental value.
Mao, NN and T Khel Market Relief Committee on Thursday extended cash relief to the building owners, vendors and tenants affected by the fire that broke out at Mao Market on February 27.
KOHIMA: The team of executives from Kohima Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) handed over a relief fund amounting to INR 1,50,000 to the victims of the recent fire incident at Mao Market and adjoining areas, on Monday at Sokhriezie Market in Kohima. Led by KCCI president Kezhazer Angami, the team handed over the cash to the victims through the convenor of Mao, T Khel and NM Market relief committee at Sokhriezie Market in BOC to express solidarity with those affected by the inferno that burnt down business establishments, including several residential houses on February 27 evening. Kaihrü Henry, the general secretary of KCCI, informed Eastern Mirror that the good gesture was made possible through well-wishers and traders under the business community in the city following which they extended the fund to mitigate the suffering of the victims. He informed that the relief committee will dispatch the fund accordingly to house owners, tenants, families and traders who were affected by
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"My house was completely razed down in the fire," said Rokoneizo Viswentso, a resident of Upper Chandmari colony who lost his house of almost 35 years in the major fire that broke out at Mao Market, Kohima on Monday evening.